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<ul>
<li>The State Senate’s only Certified Public Accountant (CPA)</li>
<li>A nationally recognized government budget, finance, and fiscal policy expert. &nbsp;His adept financial moves have been chronicled in college level textbooks throughout the nation.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Gained nationwide prominence 20 years ago when he correctly forecast Orange County’s looming bankruptcy.&nbsp; Appointed to fill the Treasurer-Tax Collector position, Moorlach’s prudent fiscal moves swiftly led Orange County out of bankruptcy.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Served 12 years as Treasurer Tax Collector and 8 years on the County Board of Supervisors.&nbsp; Elected in March 2015 to serve in the 37th Senate Seat.</li>
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<h2>When:</h2>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Thursday, May 14, approximately 10:30 am, or at the conclusion of the Governor’s remarks.</p>
<h2>Where:</h2>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">California State Capitol, outside the Governor’s Press Conference, Room 1190</p>
<h2>Contact:</h2>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Tim Clark (916) 346-6551</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“Even without considering unfunded pension and retiree medical liabilities, California still has an unrestricted net deficit of $117 billion. In accounting language, that means our state is in desperate financial shape.”</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>---</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>“If your bank account is empty, and your kitchen table is piled high with unpaid bills, you don’t go out and spend your next paycheck for a down payment on a new car.”</em></p>
<p><strong>(Sacramento, CA)</strong> – Newly elected State Senator and nationally recognized government budget and finance expert, John Moorlach released the following statement today in response to California Governor’s release of the state budget’s May Revision.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">“I appreciate Governor Brown’s spirit of fiscal restraint, but the fact is, by all accounting standards, our state’s unaddressed run-up of debt continues to threaten our short and long term financial health.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">“A review of the state’s most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) shows an unrestricted net deficit of $117 billion.&nbsp; In accounting language, that means we’re broke. &nbsp;And that’s before fully adding in the estimated $72 billion in retiree medical unfunded liabilities and the more-than $100 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">“Our state’s unrestricted net assets went from a positive $1.5 billion in fiscal year 1999 to a negative $117 billion today.&nbsp; Our legislature should be focused on finding ways that rectify this imbalance, but instead, Sacramento is buzzing with talk of $4 to $5 billion in ‘new funds’ to spend.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">“From any reasonable accounting standard, there are no ‘net new funds’ to spend.&nbsp; If your bank account is empty, and your kitchen table is piled high with unpaid bills, you don’t go out and spend your next paycheck for a down payment on a new car.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">“We need an integrated budget, economic, and fiscal reform plan – one that establishes a common set of goals and a framework by which all legislative and executive actions can be measured.&nbsp; Only then can we truly leverage our state’s resources to solve our short and long term fiscal problems.</p>
<p>State Senator John Moorlach is a nationally recognized budget, finance, and fiscal policy expert, as well as a leading advocate for transparency and greater accountability in government.&nbsp; Moorlach gained national prominence 20 years ago for first predicting Orange County’s bankruptcy – at that time the largest municipal bankruptcy in history – and then, after being appointed to Treasurer-Tax Collector, enacting swift and prudent fiscal moves that quickly led the County out of bankruptcy.&nbsp; The historic bankruptcy and Moorlach’s adept financial moves have been chronicled in college level textbooks throughout the nation.</p>
<p>John Moorlach was twice re-elected to Treasurer Tax Collector; then in 2006, voters elected Moorlach to serve in his first of two terms on the Board of Supervisors, where he continued his focus on reforming the County’s budget practices and sounding the alarm on the County’s growing unfunded liabilities.</p>
<p>Moorlach graduated from California State University in Long Beach in 1977, passed the C.P.A. exam in 1978, and completed his studies for the Certified Financial Planner designation in 1987.&nbsp; He earned a Certificate in Public Finance from the University of Delaware, Division of Continuing Education in 1995, the Certificate of Achievement in Public Plan Policy (CAPPP) in Employee Pensions in 1999 and the Trustees Masters Program in 2003 through the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, and the New Supervisors Training Institute in 2007 from California State University in Sacramento in cooperation with their Center for California Studies.</p>
<hr>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">California’s Net Assets Turn to Net Deficits</h2>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><em>The Past 16 Years</em></h3>
<p>California currently has a unrestricted net deficit of $116,948,128, according to the <em>Comprehensive Annual Financial Report</em> (CAFR) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.&nbsp; (CA CAFR June 30 2014, Page 30.)</p>
<p>Even more bad news, the California CAFR does not included unfunded retiree medical, estimated at around $72 billion.&nbsp; Nor does it include the more than $100 billion in estimated unfunded pension liabilities.&nbsp; Below is a summary of the California net assets/deficits since 1999, according to the yearly CAFRs.</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><strong>Fiscal Year<br>Ending</strong></td>
<td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><strong>Unrestricted<br>Net Asset/Deficit</strong></td>
<td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><strong>Per Capita</strong></td>
<td style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><strong>Governor</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/99</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">$1,533,113</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">$46</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Wilson/Davis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/00</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">6,531,331</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">192</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Davis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/01</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">7,001,095</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">203</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Davis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/02</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(19,417,429)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(553)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Davis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/03</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(43,927,987)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(1,238)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Davis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/04</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(52,897,395)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(1,474)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Davis/Schwarzenegger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/05</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(52,631,090)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(1,457)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Schwarzenegger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/06</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(54,710,847)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(1,514)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Schwarzenegger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/07</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(56,519,478)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(1,546)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Schwarzenegger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/08</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(69,346,950)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(1,887)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Schwarzenegger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/09</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(86,302,434)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(2,335)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Schwarzenegger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(103,272,000)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(2,772)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Schwarzenegger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/11</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(123,783,314)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(3,285)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Schwarzenegger/Brown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/12</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(123,897,753)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(3,257)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Brown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/13</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(117,383,903)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(3,085)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Brown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6/30/14</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(116,948,128)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">(3,014)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">Brown</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>State Senator John Moorlach is a nationally recognized budget, finance, and fiscal policy expert.&nbsp; Moorlach graduated from CA State University in Long Beach in 1977, passed the C.P.A. exam in 1978, and completed his studies for the Certified Financial Planner designation in 1987.&nbsp; He earned a Certificate in Public Finance from the University of Delaware, Division of Continuing Education in 1995, the Certificate of Achievement in Public Plan Policy (CAPPP) in Employee Pensions in 1999 and the Trustees Masters Program in 2003 through the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, and the New Supervisors Training Institute in 2007 from CA State University in Sacramento in cooperation with their Center for California Studies.</p>
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<p><strong>(Sacramento, CA )</strong> – Today, Senator Moorlach made the following comments from the Senate Floor in opposition to SB 3 (Leno) which would raise the minimum wage in California.</p>
<p>Senator Moorlach spoke immediately following Democratic Senator Hertzberg’s comments, where Hertzberg asked “what kind of society are we running?” in his support of minimum wage increases.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">“What kind of society are we running?&nbsp; It’s a capitalistic society.&nbsp; And we need to honor work.&nbsp; We need to honor the work of those that are creating the jobs; that are paying the taxes that allow us to subsidize the transportation and everything else.&nbsp; And it’s the risk takers, it’s the small business people that have to figure out and do the quantifying and analysis.&nbsp; And they sit down and say how much is it going to cost to do the job of running this small business.&nbsp; Whether they are a franchisee or starting their own professional business, they’ve got to sit down and say, ‘what am I going to have to pay for rent, and what am I paying for utilities, and what am I paying for all the other expenses, and then what am I paying for payroll, payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workers comp, benefits, all the rest?’&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">All that math has to be done by someone who is going to take it in the shorts.&nbsp; And they have to subsidize pay increases.&nbsp; It affects the owners take home pay, or that owner has to reduce his workforce or cut something.&nbsp; Because rent is fixed.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">I’m thinking of the small businesses.&nbsp; Like my son worked for a Cold Stone.&nbsp; You sit there and kinda analyze how is this owner making it, and is this really worthwhile to do.&nbsp; If we don’t make it worthwhile to do, then we’re going to lose a lot of jobs…People are looking for ways to cut and remove employees, and we have to be careful.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">We have to be real careful.&nbsp; With a minimum wage increase, you’re attacking business people that are subsidizing this state and this nation.&nbsp; And, I encourage a no vote.</p>
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<p><strong>Video Link:</strong> <a href="http://www.tubechop.com/watch/6255883" target="_blank"> http://www.tubechop.com/watch/<wbr>6255883</a></p>
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<p>The joy of being a little older is that one has seen a few economic cycles over the decades. This is certainly true for Gov. Jerry Brown, 77, who instinctively knows that after a brief economic boom, another recession is not too far off. The proverbial warning from George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is not lost on the governor.</p>
<p>Gov. Brown recently released his “May Revise,” an update to the annual budget plan released in January, to modify projections for rising or falling revenue over the spring months. This year, revenue was rising.</p>
<p>Although this is my first “May Revise” experience as a state senator, I admit to being a bit surprised by Sacramento’s exuberance over the forecast of increased income to the tune of $4 billion to $6 billion – money largely attributable to the 2012 Proposition 30 ballot measure that temporarily raised sales taxes and income taxes. The voters approved this tax increase in order to balance a $26 billion structural deficit plaguing the state and to get more solvent for future economic cycles.</p>
<p>With the state coming off one of the worst recessions in decades, the legislative majority is now overflowing with dozens of new spending proposals, including low-cost tuition, taxpayer-funded health care for undocumented immigrants and additional school spending around the state.</p>
<p>When the May Revise came out, I did what any good accountant would do: I used an industry standard to measure the state’s current fiscal health. I compiled data from California’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for each of the past 15 years and provided a spreadsheet reflecting the state’s recent spiral into an unrestricted net deficit.</p>
<p>According to the CAFR, California currently has an unrestricted net deficit of $117 billion. A fiscally healthy state should have positive unrestricted net assets. Even worse, this report does not include the hundreds of billions of dollars in unfunded state employee pension and retiree medical liabilities. Nor does it account for the estimated $200 billion of state infrastructure deferred maintenance.</p>
<p>In accounting language, this means the Golden State is in desperate fiscal shape.</p>
<p>When I released this data to the Capitol community, I got blank stares, as if someone momentarily turned off the music in the middle of a pool party. But, after a brief pause, the party continued.</p>
<p>This is because the Sacramento “spending lobby” is just that: a spending lobby. And our Legislature is like someone who is making minimum payments on maxed-out credit cards and has no savings, yet wants to buy a new car.</p>
<p>In a recent Budget Committee meeting, one Democratic senator opined that “austerity is a choice, not a necessity” shortly before joining the Democratic majority in passing a hugely inflated spending plan – loaded with hundreds of millions of spending beyond Gov. Brown’s budget proposal.</p>
<p>In that same meeting, the chairman of the Budget Committee made it clear that paying down California’s debts was “not a priority.”</p>
<p>As a trained Certified Public Accountant, I see things a little differently than most legislators. I do not focus on where we can spend. Instead, I examine what has been spent, what obligations have been incurred and not paid for, and assess the reality of the state’s financial health.</p>
<p>Our state has structural budget issues that would alarm even the most optimistic shareholders of any major U.S. corporation. Our high debt and looming unfunded liabilities have scared away some of our best job-producing companies. This financial reality simply cannot create the healthy fiscal future that California needs.</p>
<p>The increased projected revenue does not mean our government can ignore or put off addressing the existing fiscal obligations. The sooner California gets its fiscal house in shape; the sooner lawmakers can address other needs that will increase the quality of life for all Californians.</p>
<p>Gov. Brown is making a valiant effort to turn the ship of state to a proper fiscal course. But, if the Capitol disregards the recent past, and continues to increase spending without taking care of its glaring obligations, then California will be doomed to repeat the fiscal mayhem of the recent past. And it will be the taxpayers, once again, who will bear the brunt of this missed opportunity.</p>
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<p><strong>Sacramento, CA (June 10, 2015)</strong> - Senator John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) today joined the California Small Business Association (CSBA) in honoring local Orange County restaurant Zov's as the 2015 Small Business of the Year from the 37th Senate District. Zov's owners, Armen Karamardian and Taleene Karamardian joined Senator Moorlach today at the CSBA awards luncheon in Sacramento.&nbsp; The ceremony's featured speakers included Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, Senate President Pro-Tem Kevin De Leon, Assembly Minority Leader Kristin Olsen, and Senate Minority Leader Elect Jean Fuller.</p>
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<p>"Zov's is a great small business, and a true mainstay in Orange County," said Senator Moorlach.&nbsp;"The Karamardian's 28 years of hard work deserve to be honored.&nbsp;If you haven't tried Zov's, go today-and order the spiced lamb burger!"</p>
<p>Founded in 1987 by Chef Zov Karamardian, legendary Zov's Bistro &amp; Bakery in Tustin, CA has become a culinary institution.&nbsp; Armen and Taleene operate Zov's Bistro in Tustin and Zov's Cafe, Bakery and Bar in Irvine and Newport Beach.&nbsp; In addition to offering cooking classes, and special events catering, Zov's has also opened a new Southern California location at 1801 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA.&nbsp; Zov's was also recognized as Open Table's 2015 Diner's Choice for their Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Armenian cuisine. For more information on Zov's, please visit:&nbsp;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001GeExZfEUSaV84GvvIY7BAlPgwPDk5K1SbsJgGakiVimHmw5oqJprhj6axq9hdciv8kBJ3UJ2o0uPPpTYTihP0vYU_DANy5norNmRGyEg3Yc=" target="_blank">http://www.zovs.com/</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><img alt="" src="/sites/moorlach.cssrc.us/files/150611_Moorlach_ZovsAward.jpg"><br>Senator Moorlach (right) poses for a photo with Armen and Taleene Karamardian of Zov’s at the California Small Business Day lunch in Sacramento.</em></p>
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<p>I have now spent 12 weeks representing California's 37th District as a state senator, and I have noticed the state Legislature enjoys meddling in the affairs of Orange County.</p>
<p>It often happens that a local government will go to elected officials for a legislative "fix" that would allow the local entity to implement a locally desired policy.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, an unpleasant trend has emerged — using the legislative process to outlaw local policies that have been approved and are supported by the local community. I am particularly concerned about the punitive draft legislation I have seen directed toward my county.</p>
<p>For example, last year a budget trailer bill, Senate Bill 854, mandated a change only to Orange County's internal audit structure. This attempt apparently did not go far enough, and the change came back this year in the form of yet another, more intrusive budget trailer bill.</p>
<p>This is a policy question that should be heard by legislative committees in both houses and not slipped into the massive budget bill without a single hearing. If this is a reasonable and necessary change, then introduce a bill and let the process work. Unfortunately, this is a stealthy and far-too-common meddling strategy to avoid the scrutiny of the legislative process.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, the budget committees rejected this last-minute maneuvering. But on the larger issue, Orange County should politely tell the Legislature to butt out.</p>
<p>Then there is Assembly Bill 1217, which would require that the Orange County Fire Authority board be reduced from 25 members to 13. Downsizing the board would mean that some of the contract cities served by the Fire Authority would no longer have a critical seat on its governing body.</p>
<p>The Fire Authority was formerly overseen by the Orange County Board of Supervisors. On Dec. 6, 1994, the supervisors voted to split it off as a separate joint-powers authority.</p>
<p>Having every contract city represented on the Fire Authority board is the appropriate and cooperative approach. Every stakeholder has buy-in, helping the system work. If the board is unable to operate effectively, it must answer to the cities it serves, not the arm-chair quarterbacks in Sacramento.</p>
<p>Why should the state Legislature care about the number of members? The rule of thumb is if you're not helping, you're meddling. Again, Orange County should politely tell Sacramento to butt out.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee will hear, for the second time, a rejected request for the California state auditor to review the recent audits of the Orange County Great Park in Irvine.</p>
<p>The goal is to get the answers to nine specific questions. The estimated cost to California taxpayers for this audit-of-the-audit request will be $250,800 (for 2,280 hours at $110 per hour, or $28,000 per question).</p>
<p>Such meddling does not come cheap.</p>
<p>Clearly, the Great Park fiasco has been pushing the envelope for too long. That is why the Irvine City Council took the proactive step of retaining accounting firms to scrutinize the Great Park budget and determine why, after spending more than $350 million, only 6.5% of the park has been developed. During this review, the parties involved in designing the Great Park were not forthcoming. Consequently, the costs escalated, but the resulting information obtained by the audits was damning.</p>
<p>One contractor involved in the Great Park debacle became uncomfortable with this level of scrutiny and came to the Legislature for a state audit of the Irvine City Council's audit, which presumes that Irvine's auditors somehow violated procedures.</p>
<p>Why is the Legislature being used as a tool for retaliation against whistleblowers? Let the city of Irvine get to the bottom of this alleged misappropriation of funds. Irvine should politely tell the state to butt out.</p>
<p>Even more fun, several California municipalities have boldly approved Civic Openness in Negotiations, commonly known as COIN, which opens public employee union contract negotiations to public review and oversight. This is long overdue since public employee unions have garnered, in closed-door sessions, unsustainable pension enhancements and expensive retiree medical benefits.</p>
<p>Opening up the collective-bargaining process is good government. But the public employee unions don't like it, and to stop this emerging good government movement, they ran to Sacramento to meddle.</p>
<p>Senate Bill 331 would require all local agencies that have adopted COIN to also enact something dubbed CRONEY, the Civic Reporting Openness in Negotiations Efficiency Act. The County of Orange happens to be one of the counties to have proudly adopted COIN.</p>
<p>So what could a COIN adopter be saddled with? SB 331 mandates the hiring of an independent auditor to review any proposed outsourced service contracts with private, non-union companies in excess of $50,000. Two public meetings would be required before a contract is approved, after the auditor's detailed report has been released to the public for more than a month.</p>
<p>Basically, it grinds to a crawl the gears of government.</p>
<p>CRONEY is more than meddling. The real purpose of SB 331 is to dissuade other legislative bodies from considering the adoption of COIN. Although the Legislature wants to stop bullying in schools, it is perfectly acceptable to bully elected representatives of local agencies with state mandates.</p>
<p>If CRONEY is good for the governing bodies that adopt COIN, which it is not, then it should be good for every municipality. It's simply meddling at its worst. Again, Orange County should tell the state to butt out!</p>
<p>If these four separate incidents were not enough, now coming down the pipeline is a proposed State Constitutional Amendment, SCA 8, that would require urban counties to have seven, not five, members on their boards of supervisors. Talk about expanding government.</p>
<p>This is what meddling looks like and, yes, it is expensive. Sacramento, your meddling is unnecessary and unwelcome. Local government needs you to butt out!</p>
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<p>Sacramento, CA (June 15, 2015) – Today, Senator Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) made the following comments from the Senate Floor on how the passage of AB93 will only thrust California towards ‘fiscal implosion:</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">“This budget before us departs from Governor Brown’s call for greater fiscal restraint.&nbsp; Instead, it takes the most fiscally optimistic revenue estimates and spends up to that line.&nbsp; And many expenditures are also optimistic, if recent trends continue.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">The State Legislature should not use the higher revenue projections provided by the Legislative Analyst’s Office.&nbsp; Our leadership should under promise and over deliver.&nbsp; Not the opposite.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">This budget doesn’t make a dent in our $72 billion in unfunded retiree medical costs, or the over $100 billion + in unfunded pension liabilities.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Two areas of obvious concern:&nbsp; California is one of the top five states when it comes to providing child care for parents of school age students, while its overall fiscal condition is in the bottom five.&nbsp; Child care, as compassionate as it may be, is not deficiently funded and is not a top priority.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">My preference is that the Legislature should be focused on FOUR areas when it comes to disbursing new revenues.&nbsp; It should devote 25 percent to additional funding toward the unfunded pension liabilities; 25 percent to begin the funding for the unfunded employee retiree medical liabilities; 25 percent toward repaying internal and external funds that were depleted during the Great Recession; and 25 percent to pay for the deferred maintenance to roads and structures over the past decade.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Staying on this current course will lead to a fiscal implosion.&nbsp; The time to change course is now.&nbsp; I stand opposed to AB 93.”</p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden view-mode-full"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-06-15T00:00:00-07:00">Monday, June 15, 2015</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-full"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Is overspending the protocol of the Capitol?</em></p>
<p>On <span data-term="goog_1906792206" tabindex="0">June 15, 2015</span>, Senator Moorlach gave comments on the Budget vote during the Committee on Budget hearing:</p>
<p>“If we’re relying on forecasts, I understand that game.&nbsp; But, if we’re going to underestimate expenses and overestimate revenues, then that creates a real awkward situation if both come to fruition.</p>
<p>When I was at the county level our Audit Controller would always say, ‘We’ve spent everything and we can’t spend anymore.’ But here [at the Capitol] we just keep spending and then we bring it up in this format and approve.&nbsp; Overspending this way—is this the protocol?”</p>
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